SNEED: Enhancing Network Security Services Using Network Coding and Joint Capacity

TL;DR

This paper introduces SNEED, a network security method that uses network coding and shared capacity to protect data against link attacks and eavesdroppers, offering an alternative to traditional cryptographic security.

Contribution

The paper develops SNEED, a novel security framework leveraging network coding and capacity sharing to enhance data integrity and security in network communications.

Findings

SNEED effectively mitigates single and multiple link attacks.

It can be integrated into various applications like TV, satellite, and multimedia security.

Implementation is straightforward with k edge disjoint paths between core nodes.

Abstract

Traditional network security protocols depend mainly on developing cryptographic schemes and on using biometric methods. These have led to several network security protocols that are unbreakable based on difficulty of solving untractable mathematical problems such as factoring large integers. In this paper, Security of Networks Employing Encoding and Decoding (SNEED) is developed to mitigate single and multiple link attacks. Network coding and shared capacity among the working paths are used to provide data protection and data integrity against network attackers and eavesdroppers. SNEED can be incorporated into various applications in on-demand TV, satellite communications and multimedia security. Finally, It is shown that SNEED can be implemented easily where there are k edge disjoint paths between two core nodes (routers or switches) in an enterprize network.